P1 A Long Walk to Water Essential Questions by Tiffany Vo

2025-09-10 23:18:49 UTC

To overcome difficult situations, focus on what you can control, develop a strong support system, practice self-care, maintain a positive mindset, and break down big challenges into smaller goals

2025-09-10 23:20:52 UTC

We all need water,air shelter,and food to surrvive.

2025-09-10 23:22:26 UTC

Experiences shape us by creating the foundation for our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and identity

2025-09-10 23:24:15 UTC

Yes, clean water is essential for human survival.Or we would become really sick .

2025-09-10 23:25:16 UTC

Yes, hope can powerfully guide a person through dire times, but it is not a passive emotion or wishful thinking.

2025-09-10 23:26:29 UTC

In challenging environments, individuals have demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to endure extreme hardship, sacrifice, and moral compromise to survive

tvo1_11 — 2025-09-14 06:47:23 UTC

We need water

Nya gets water everyday to drink (p. 1)

tvo1_11 — 2025-09-14 06:48:36 UTC

"He couldn't attend the entire year because his family moved during the dry season." (p. 2)

tejpac863 — 2025-09-19 15:32:09 UTC

Experiences help us develop and adapt to situations and can help control our thoughts,feelings,emotions and actions

2025-09-19 15:32:50 UTC

We need food.

Salva and some other people get a bunch of bee stings to gather some honey

pg.27

2025-09-19 15:34:14 UTC

Food and water

2025-09-19 15:34:38 UTC

Fresh water is essential because you need it to not be thirsty and fresh water is safe to drink.

alimal881 — 2025-09-19 15:35:19 UTC

We need food and water. Nya walks a long way in the heat to get water, and Salva and his group might risk getting bee stings just to get honey to eat.

tejpac863 — 2025-09-19 15:35:49 UTC

Clean water is essential because dirty water contains bad germs which can kill people and is not good for the human health

2025-09-19 15:36:44 UTC

yes clean water is essential for your survival or you will die of dehydration

2025-09-19 15:37:11 UTC

We all also need sleep.

2025-09-19 15:37:36 UTC

it shape us by what we do and what think

2025-09-19 15:38:10 UTC

yes somtimes

2025-09-19 15:38:16 UTC

"Salva worked hard so that the old woman would not leave him". (pg. 18)

2025-09-19 15:39:13 UTC

Daily. Every single day.

2025-09-19 15:39:27 UTC

we need three thing to survive like: food water and shelter

2025-09-19 15:39:50 UTC

Nya went to get water every day twice and one visit was eight hours

2025-09-19 15:39:54 UTC

"Beehive. A fine, large one." This shows that though they could've gotten stung, they persevered through it.

2025-09-19 15:40:37 UTC

"She untied it, scooped up the brown muddy water, and drank". (pg. 14)

2025-09-19 15:40:42 UTC

Experiences shape us because when you go through something you might learn to never make the same mistake again like Salva when he found out the adults left him he decided to become more independent so the adults wouldn't leave him again

2025-09-19 15:41:41 UTC

People overcome difficult situations, by working hard, and exploring the outcomes, of how to fix the situation they are dealing with

2025-09-19 15:41:43 UTC

Yes, clean water is essential to survive. Water that is not clean could contain diseases that can spread.

2025-09-19 15:41:54 UTC

"The thought of Salva's family leaving him had strengthened him". (pg. 11)

2025-09-19 15:42:24 UTC

"Other times they would practice with their bows and arrows, shooting at small animals or birds."

2025-09-19 15:43:09 UTC

There are many things we need to survive. Some of the resources we need to survive, are water, food, and shelter.

2025-09-19 15:43:13 UTC

Nya had to do a lot to survive. When the thorn got in her foot she still went home with the pain.

2025-09-19 15:43:22 UTC

"These people were Dinka, too! Could his family be among them?" Hope can guide us through dire times. Salva had hope when he noticed that there were Dinka people, so he thought his family could be there. His family wasn't there, but they took Salva with them. When they were deciding, he had hope, and he was happy.

anypat000 — 2025-09-19 15:43:57 UTC

On page 14 the text states, "There was always so much life around the pond...birds...cattle...Nya...scooped up the brown muddy water, and drank."

This shows that we need water to survive because Nya goes to such lengths that she drinks muddy water. It also shows that all living things need water because there is so much life around the pond implying that animals live around the pond because they need water to survive.

2025-10-03 15:31:36 UTC

On page 44 boat builders use their skill to make boats.

2025-10-03 15:33:12 UTC

on page 18 on the text it says "he work hard so she would not send him away"

2025-10-03 15:33:28 UTC

On page 40 Nya has to walk with Akeer, but Akeer needs water. She has little energy due to a lack of clean water.

2025-10-03 15:33:52 UTC

Clean water is definitely needed for survival. When Akeer drank the mucky water, he got really sick and had to go to the hospital.

Shadow_Flame — 2025-10-03 15:34:01 UTC

"'Her sickness came from the water,' the nurse explained. 'She should only drink good clean water." (pg 45)

2025-10-03 15:34:04 UTC

if we are in a situation that we experienced we know what to do

2025-10-03 15:34:48 UTC

yes because you need it to survive

2025-10-03 15:35:14 UTC

On page 45, the author states, "'Her sickness came from the water,'" the nurse explained. 'She should drink only good clean water." Clean water is essential to survival because if you drink dirty water, you will get sick

alimal881 — 2025-10-03 15:35:17 UTC

We need medicine to survive illnesses. Akeer got a sickness that is dangerous for her age, and the only way for her to be 100% better is to walk a long way to get her medicine that will properly treat her. (pg. 39 + 40)

2025-10-03 15:35:29 UTC

they have hope so they try to survive

2025-10-03 15:35:42 UTC

Clean water is essential to survive because if you drink dirty water you will become sick and get stomachaches

2025-10-03 15:35:52 UTC

eating their cloths

anypat000 — 2025-10-03 15:37:06 UTC

On page 45, the text states, "...water is dirty, you should boil it for a count of two hundred before she drinks it."

This shows that if the water is dirty, you should boil it so it is clean which shows that we should not drink dirty water and only drink clean water.

2025-10-03 15:37:13 UTC

Yes, clean water is essential to survive. If you drink too much dirty water you might end up like Akeer.

2025-10-03 15:37:15 UTC

They needed to get water, food and to get to the desert, so they slept there but there were a lot of mosquitos and they got bites all over them.

2025-10-03 15:37:40 UTC

Clean water is essential to survival, as Nya´s mother cannot boil the water because she could only get little water in the first place, and by the time of the boil count 200, the water would be gone. Nya´s sister also could get really sick if the water isn´t boiled, so their family is at risk. This shows that clean water is essential to anyone´s and everyone´s survival.

2025-10-03 15:38:08 UTC

we need medicine for akeer, but we need to travel a long distance for it

2025-10-03 15:39:38 UTC

When Akeer was sick, Nya's family needed to decide if they would take the long walk to help her, or just hope she will get better. In the end, they took her to a doctor.

2025-10-03 15:40:17 UTC

"salve was still able to make his feet move despite the cold terror though out his whole body" this shows that hope was keeping salve going because he had hope to keep trying to find his family.

2025-10-03 15:41:17 UTC

when Salva's uncle tells Salva about Salva's friend being dead so Salva Is now scared but uncle tells a quote that I have a gun to shoot the loin on page 41

2025-10-03 15:42:05 UTC

¨It took days for the group to build enough canoes.¨ pg. 44

They needed skill to survive, as at any moment, a plane could fly overhead and drop a bomb. The skill they need as of now though, is building canoes, as they need to cross the Nile, so called ´ the mother of life ´ as this is a VERY big river.

2025-10-03 15:43:13 UTC

sometimes people need each other to overcome difficult situations. Just like when martial died salva was worried. and salva's uncle gave him support by saying " salva I have a gun I will shoot any lion that comes near''. reassuring salva that that's not going to happen to him.

2025-10-03 15:43:17 UTC

Clean water is essential for survival, because according to page# 45, the nurses stated, that Akeer ( Nya's sister ), had a stomachache, from drinking dirty water. So, this means if you drink dirty water, you would fall sick, but if you drink clean water, you would stay in good condition, and would be healthy. This is why clean water is essential, for survival.

2025-10-03 15:46:05 UTC

In pages 48 through 50, Salva and his uncle, stopped at an island with fisherman. They got some sugarcane, and other crops and ate them, since there was a lot of water to grow more. In the morning, they carried a lot of water with them because there is a desert they are going to and deserts are normally really hot, so they will get thirsty easily. That is what they need to survive.

2025-10-03 15:55:38 UTC

People overcome difficult situations, by getting used to the new experience. For instance, in page# 38, 40, and 41, Salva loses his friend, Marial, by realizing that a lion had took Marial, and had ate him, as prey. This incident was a difficult situation, for Salva, since Salva Has now lost his one friend, in the group. Uncle helped Salva, overcome the difficult situation, by saying that he ( Uncle ), would do many favors, for Salva, since his friend was now gone. Uncle suggested favors, such as being awake all night, just for protecting the group, from lions, or other animals, that were getting closer to the group ( people). Then, as Salva started walking with the group, he then slowly overcame the difficult situation, since Salva has now lost a friend, and his family. This is an example, of how people overcome difficult situations.

2025-10-10 15:31:30 UTC

He kept going even though his leg was hurting

2025-10-10 15:32:01 UTC

water and food and they have keep going to survive.

2025-10-10 15:33:37 UTC

On page 53, Uncle used his name to call to him and remind him of his family. This motivated Salva.

2025-10-10 15:34:27 UTC

pg.54, paragraph #5

Salva keeps walking through the desert even though he lost his toenail and hurt his foot.

Shows what lengths people will go through to survive.

2025-10-10 15:36:28 UTC

¨...at Uncle. Three shots rang out. ...men ran away.¨ pg.63

In the next chapter, this dreadful event made Salva stronger, and gives him hope he will make it through.

2025-10-10 15:36:52 UTC

On pg. 54, the text states "Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving forward".

2025-10-10 15:37:01 UTC

On page 55, it says that Salva and the rest of the group were walking through the desert. They kept walking for a long time even though it was hard. People will keep going for a long time to survive challenging environments.

anypat000 — 2025-10-10 15:37:23 UTC

On page 23, the text states, "Salva had never been so hungry... found he had fallen a little behind." This shows that we need food to survive.

2025-10-10 15:38:52 UTC

pg 1 nya walks a long distance just to get water

2025-10-10 15:43:00 UTC

they need to get water to survive

2025-10-10 15:43:36 UTC

Salva and his Uncle set small goals for themselves to complete when walking across the desert. By that, they could make it feel like a short distance, and stop thinking about the pain.

2025-10-10 15:52:17 UTC

They would go through the desert to go to the refugee camp.

2025-10-14 23:36:56 UTC

Salva got sad and scared, when Marial may have died, but then Salva overcame his friend's incident

shows how people overcome difficult situations

2025-10-14 23:48:27 UTC

Nya daily goes to the water source, to fetch water for her family. Salva and his group always look around in their surroundings, for shelter and food.

This shows what humans need to survive.

2025-10-14 23:51:55 UTC

Clean water is essential for survival, because according to Nya's story, the nurse said that Akeer ( Nya's sister ), needed clean water, and not dirty water, to overcome the stomach pain ( Akeer's stomach pain ).

2025-10-14 23:54:52 UTC

Salva's body got all parched, and weak, as the journey, with the group went on.

This shows how humans' experiences shape us ( humans ).

2025-10-15 00:20:47 UTC

When Salva found his uncle, and he ( Salva ) did not see his ( Salva's ) uncle in two years,

shows how hope can guide a person through dire times.

aidyan697 — 2025-10-22 21:36:03 UTC

Clean water is very important to Nya's sister got sick because she is drinking the dirty water

aidyan697 — 2025-10-22 21:39:12 UTC

Page 45 shows us Nya's sister needs to drink the clean water to survive